"87% responded that they thought the Labour Party were too tolerant of anti-Semitic behaviour;"
Given the massive campaign instigated by the people opposing BDS, it's surprising that the percentage isn't higher
The gutter press must be losing its edge
That same survey also finds that 45% of British people believe at least one stereotype of Jewish people is true, one in four believe two stereotypes and 17% believe three stereotypes.
2015 saw the largest rise in antisemitic crime recorded ever recorded in Britain with a rise of 26% in antisemitic crime and 51% leap in violence against Jews
It would be totally stupid to ignore the fact that this rise coincides with the massacres that were being reported from Gaza nightly on on our television screens.
There can be no other reason for that rise.
Implicating the Jewish people as a whole in Israeli war crimes is bound to have a detrimental effect on the safety and well-being of the Jewish people as a whole.
If you believe it to be antisemitic to criticise Israel's behaviour towards the Palestinians, then equally, you must believe it is the Jewish people who are responsible for Gaza.
Just like "love and marriage", as the song says, you can't have one without the other.
Jim Carroll